COLLABORATIONS
The problems have nothing in common. But the work does.
Every project listed here started the same way: an organization that wanted to do something bigger. Together, we defined what that meant, designed it, and often brought it to life.
WORK IN PROGRESS
IN PROGRESS
A new framework for understanding and helping families facing pediatric cancer
UX for Good · Chicago
IN PROGRESS
A new approach to reinvigorating Chicago’s downtown
Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago
IN PROGRESS
A new institution helping nations recover from conflict and build more peaceful societies
Aegis Trust · Kigali, Rwanda
IN PROGRESS
A new model for using professional sports to build better cities
Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago
COMPLETED WORKS
COMPLETED
A new roadmap for expanding poetry's reach and engagement
Poetry Foundation · Chicago
COMPLETED
The nation's first doctorate in social innovation
University of Southern California · Los Angeles
COMPLETED
A new funding model for nonprofit theater
Steppenwolf, Goodman, Lookingglass, Court, & Writers theatres · Chicago
COMPLETED
The first-ever sequence for achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
OECD · Washington, DC
COMPLETED
A new framework for accessibility that improves immersive experiences for everyone
Shedd Aquarium & Inzovu · Chicago
COMPLETED
A new tool for integrating mindfulness into public education
Dalai Lama for Peace and Education & UX for Good · Vancouver
COMPLETED
A new vision for how international organizations like the UN should work
US Department of State & Community of Democracies · Charlottesville, VA
COMPLETED
A new path for expanding mobile healthcare
Harvard Medical School & Family Van · Boston
COMPLETED
The first norms-based approach to solving social challenges
University of Southern California & Andrew Benedict-Nelson · Los Angeles
COMPLETED
A new insight for mobilizing millions of people around a common cause
TED · Palm Springs, CA
COMPLETED
A new tool to improve the standard of living for professional musicians
The Grammy Foundation, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, & UX for Good · New Orleans
COMPLETED
New insights for designing restaurants as community hubs
Panera · Boston
COMPLETED
A strategy for integrating art therapy into military healthcare
National Endowment for the Arts & Walter Reed Memorial Medical Center · Bethesda, MD
COMPLETED
A model for genocide museums to turn visitors into activists
Aegis Trust, Kigali Genocide Memorial & UX for Good · London & Kigali, Rwanda
COMPLETED
A new model for US investment in emerging democracies
US Department of State & Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Palm Springs, CA
COMPLETED
Experiments exploring new ways to energize American Jewish life
Jim Joseph Foundation · Denver & New Orleans
COMPLETED
A new revenue-sharing model for taxi advertising
Clear Channel · Chicago
OTHER COLLABORATIONS
NASA (Hampton, Virginia) · United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, DC) · Starbucks (Chicago) · UBS (Chicago) · Allsteel (Muscatine, IA) · Lurie Children's Hospital (Chicago) · Chicago Public Media (Chicago) · Great Books Foundation (Chicago) · Interior Environments (Detroit) · Council for Interior Design Accreditation (Grand Rapids, MI) · Foundations of East Chicago, Indiana (East Chicago, IN) · Illinois State Assistance Commission (Chicago) · Rotary One (Chicago) · West Collection (Oaks, PA) · Akerman (Miami) · Professional Convention Management Association (Chicago) · Ashoka (Half Moon Bay, CA)